Hooyah! Wednesday is finally here! I mean, hump day is. 
I made it through Tuesday okay - how about y’all? When I eat my lunch at my desk (more often than not lately) I like to read the news online. The Strange News category always catches my attention. Speaking of hump day…
A 60 year old woman gave birth to twins in New Jersey yesterday. No, really. I’m not lying. See, you’re wincing too aren’t you? From what the story indicates she has a 6 year old son too, as well as two much older children. Then they reference a birth last year of twins also in NJ from a 59 year old woman.
Makes me want to cross my legs, throw salt over my shoulder and hang a horseshoe in my house. I’ll be 40 this year and my younger son is 11. There is no way on the planet I’d want to start over with a new baby - and I’m 20 years younger than this lady. Plus, well, I’m certainly not in the same physical shape I was when I had my last baby. A 40 year old mother is a risk, even if she’s healthy - what the hell were the doctors thinking to use in vitro fertilization on a 60 year old woman?
She can be a grandmother (since her son is 33 and daugher 29) and enjoy their babies. I just cannot fathom what she and her DH were thinking. 
If I hadn’t had any children, then absolutely I’d consider getting pregnant at 40. At 60, after three children, not a chance. I’m all about motherhood, but this is too much. She’ll be 78 when the twins graduate high school.
What do y’all think?
Yeah.
This is only my personal belief, but if I wanted children late in life that badly, I’d adopt. I’m quite sure I wouldn’t want to go through pregnancy at that point.
When you’re young, pregnancy is just something to go through. When you’re 60, it’s going to cost a lot physically, and would it not be better spent on the child?
by May May 23rd, 2007 at 3:10 pmI think it’s irresponsible and utterly frightening.
by Jordan May 23rd, 2007 at 5:11 pm